Washington DC (UPI) Oct 09, 2020 Sometimes, living the quiet life is a choice. Other times, it’s the reality of a global pandemic. New research suggests lockdowns and stay-at-home orders led to a dramatic reduction in noise exposure. For the study, published Friday in the journal Environmental Research Letters, scientists at the University of Michigan collected noise exposure data from volunteer Apple Watch wearers inhttp://dlvr.it/RjMClY Continue reading Stay-at-home orders cut noise exposure almost in half

Phnom Penh (AFP) Oct 10, 2020 Elderly residents and small children clung to inflatable tyres as soldiers and police used rope lines to get them to safety from rising floodwater on Saturday in Cambodia’s western province of Battambang. Hundreds of families in three Cambodian provinces – Pursat, Battambang and Pailin – have been forced to evacuate amid extreme rainfall ahead of the arrival of a … Continue reading Floods claim five lives in Vietnam and two Cambodians

Paris (AFP) Oct 7, 2020 Earth’s surface was warmer last month than during any September on record, with temperatures since January tracking those of the hottest ever calendar year in 2016, the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme said Wednesday. This year has now seen three months of record warmth – January, May and September – with June and April virtually tied for first, the Copernicus … Continue reading Last month warmest September on record globally: EU

Palestro, Italy (AFP) Oct 6, 2020 With a deafening roar, the swollen Sesia river swept down the Alpine valley in northern Italy to engulf the plains below, drowning the country’s so-called “golden triangle” of rice paddies in mud. Storms at the weekend, when the region was lashed by half the yearly average rainfall in just one day, dealt a severe blow to Europe’s biggest rice … Continue reading Storms devastate rice paddies in Italy’s ‘golden triangle’

Rome (AFP) Oct 7, 2020 Brain cells have been found in exceptionally preserved form in the remains of a young man killed in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius almost 2,000 years ago, an Italian study has revealed. The preserved neuronal structures in vitrified or frozen form were discovered at the archaeological site of Herculaneum, an ancient Roman city engulfed under a hail of volcanic ash … Continue reading Study finds preserved brain material in Vesuvius victim

Google has announced its rebranding of G Suite as Google Workplace, along with its newly integrated desktop environment that is designed for enhanced collaboration and communications, marking its latest bid to challenge Microsoft 365. Google Cloud officials said the Workspace environment will create a new user experience that integrates meetings, docs, messaging and tasks in a more productive, secure and collaborative environment.http://dlvr.it/Rj97hc Continue reading G Suite Rebranded as Google Workspace

Cancun, Mexico (AFP) Oct 7, 2020 Hurricane Delta churned towards Mexico’s Caribbean coast on Wednesday as thousands of tourists hunkered down in emergency shelters in a string of major beach resorts. The hurricane weakened to Category 3 as it approached the Yucatan Peninsula, but still threatened to bring strong winds and a “life-threatening” storm surge, the US National Hurricane Center said. On Tuesday Delta had … Continue reading Hurricane Delta bears down on Mexico’s Caribbean coast

Wellington (AFP) Oct 7, 2020 Firefighters in New Zealand battling a blaze that razed much of a small alpine village said they were making “good progress” Wednesday as high winds finally eased. The wildfire erupted in a mountain forest on the South Island in the early hours of Sunday morning and swept through the popular tourist spot of Lake Ohau, forcing residents to flee for … Continue reading New Zealand firefighters beating forest blaze

The restrictions forcing people to work and shop from the confines of their homes accelerated an already advancing e-commerce market that was years in development. As a result, the pandemic has created a case study for e-commerce and retail of the 21st century. Moving forward, this holiday shopping season will likely witness one of the next major shifts toward a different future in retail.http://dlvr.it/Rj4l6T Continue reading The 2020 Holiday Shopping Season Will Set Long-Term Precedents

Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 05, 2020 A single spark in remote wilderness can ignite massive fires that devastate surrounding communities, destroying homes and taking lives. Emergency personnel and the public rely on satellites high above the Earth to detect these fires early and track their spread. When a lightning storm set Northern California ablaze in August, first responders turned to data from the Visible … Continue reading How Aerospace Corp supports the satellites helping wildfire responders save lives